Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

If you would like to see 26Rs running rings around Cobras and E-type...I would strongly recommend you have a look at this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6nmpQwJoHE

At the end of Day 2, Elans are 5th and 8th overall. Exciting stuff.

https://peterauto.peter.fr/en/tour-auto-2/

one still in the race...

Ouch !

hope they were ok

Elans now running 1st and 3rd!!

http://jbtimeconcept.be/live/tao2019/pd ... %20VHC.pdf

Overall result in the competition section 1st (Favaro-Badan from Switzerland) and 2nd (Kolhler/Laboisne from France) for the Elans...within a minute of each other after 2h20 of "competition sections". Another Elan was 35th (Duchene/Labourdette) after showing some impressive performances as well.

https://peterauto.peter.fr/fr/tour-auto/

that is two in a row for the Swiss pilot, who also won the Tour Auto 2018.

Elans market value is going to be on the rise I'm afraid...

He was 2nd in 2017 (in an E-type) I think !

Christian
The green car that crashed, did that win one year as well? I think he fitted a rear antiroll bar from me via you?
Regards
Dave

You are right, Dave.

Jean-Pierre Lajournade won in the green car in 2010. Here is the amusing story in French:

https://www.newsclassicracing.com/TOUR- ... ICTOIRE-DE

To cut a long story short, it was a very difficult event that led to the exhaust manifold (in American: headers) breaking. This was "cold welded" by another member of the French Lotus club so that he could finish the final tests (such as a print race at Paul Ricard).

My understanding is that he then sold the car and according to a French Elan racer, has very recently bought it back...and lent it to the fellow who tested it against the vegetation as shown by the photo above.